Exchanging Information - Sharing, exchanging & managing information safely & responsibly


Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 End of Unit Test

Lesson Objectives

Know the reasons for sharing data responsibly (D)
Understand the responsibility of the individual to protect data (C)
Be able to describe how to share and exchange information responsibly (B)


Home Learning

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Complete the worksheet on Emerging Technologies - It opens up in Google Drive, if you have an account you can login and make a copy. If you don't have an account then choose to download as a Word document (both options use the FILE menu!)

Starter (10 mins)

Write a paragraph explaining why it is important for retailers to encrypt data when you are shopping online.


Key Words (5 mins)

Add to your book or keywords spreadsheet
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Task (15 mins)

You have receive an email from Mrs Evans with a file attached. The email is as follows

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Write a paragraph explaining

  • Would you open the email straight away? Why?
  • Is there any reason you should be concerned?

Add a second paragraph explaining why your system should have
  • Anti Virus software
  • Spy ware detection

Task (20 mins)


All large companies have lots of protection to their systems, as well as anti virus and spyware protection they also have firewalls.

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A firewall controls the flow of network traffic by analysing data packets against a rule set and deciding if they should be allowed through or not. It is the barrier between a secure internal network and any other network (including the internet). Many PC's are also protected by firewalls.

Read the article below (click the image) and explain all of the reasons that this virus was so virulent, at the time I was working for Ford Motor Company and they closed down the entire network - the technicians were giving updates via handwritten notes stuck up in the lifts/canteens!

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What protection do you think these companies were using?

Plenary (10 mins)

In pairs write a list of measures YOU should take at home to prevent problems when managing data.